Brochures/Guides

The OAC offers a wide variety of brochures, guides and fact sheets on obesity and related topics. Each of the OAC’s brochures offers something different. Most of the OAC’s resources are available by request from the OAC. You will also find that each of the materials are able to be downloaded and printed for you to view or distribute.

Understanding Obesity Series

• Understanding Obesity and Severe Obesity Brochure
• Understanding Childhood Obesity Brochure

Understanding Your Obesity Treatment Options

• Understanding Your Obesity Treatment Options Brochure

Understanding Obesity Stigma

• Understanding Obesity Stigma Brochure

Understanding Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Brochure Series

• Understanding Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
• Understanding Prediabetes and Excess Weight Brochure

Posters

• Understanding Childhood Obesity Poster
• Your Weight Matters Campaign Poster

Guides

• Living Well Guide
• Weight Bias in Healthcare
• Weight Bias in the Workplace
• Working with Your Insurance Provider: A Guide to Seeking Weight-loss Surgery
• “Excess Weight and Your Health – A Guide to Effective, Healthy Weight Loss” Guidebook and Video

Obesity-related Diseases Fact Sheets

(Please Note: The below links are in a PDF format)

• Obesity and Cancer Fact Sheet
• Obesity and Eating Disorders Fact Sheet
• Obesity and Heart Disease Fact Sheet
• Obesity and Hypertension Fact Sheet
• Obesity and Lipid Issues Fact Sheet
• Obesity and Osteoarthritis Fact Sheet
• Obesity and Stroke Fact Sheet

Folletos en Español

• Entendiendo la Obesidad y la Obesidad Severa (Understanding Obesity and Severe Obesity)
• Entendiendo la Obesidad Infantil (Understanding Childhood Obesity Brochure)
• Entendiendo el Excesso de Peso y su Rol en la Diabetes Tipo 2 (Understanding Excess Weight and its Role in Type 2 Diabetes Brochure)
• Entendiendo la Prediabetes y el Exceso de Peso (Understanding Prediabetes and Excess Weight Brochure)
• Comprensión del Estigma de la Obesidad (Understanding Obesity Stigma Brochure)